The AA, which has saved £22m in IT running costs since the £50m contract began in 2005, believes it can now run its datacentre more cost-effectively internally.
The much-hyped credit crunch and general economic uncertainty of recent times has had an impact at every level of every type of business, and IT is no exception. Even at the best of times IT is cost sensitive, and when the bottom-line of the business is under direct threat it is often to the IT department that the board look for "quick hit" savings.
Retail IT directors will come under pressure to invest in their corporate websites after a surge in internet shopping over Christmas helped push total UK online sales up by 75% to £53bn during 2007.
Retail IT directors will come under pressure to invest in their corporate websites following a surge in online sales over Christmas helped push total UK online sales up by 75% to £53bn during 2007.
Outsourcing agreements this year will see the delivery of virtualisation, grid computing and thin client services, according to the National Outsourcing Association (NOA) in its latest annual survey of trends.
Europe overtook the Americas, as the global value of IT outsourcing contracts nudged towards £40bn per year with India leading new business gains, the TPI Index will reveal this week.